adjective
- not involving or characterized by sexual activity or sexual attraction
- reproducing without sexual processes; not requiring fertilization by another organism
Usage: biology
Examples
- Some people identify as asexual and do not experience sexual attraction.
- The relationship remained completely asexual throughout their friendship.
- Many plants can reproduce through asexual methods like budding.
- Bacteria multiply through asexual reproduction by dividing into two cells.
- The starfish can regenerate lost limbs through asexual processes.
- Asexual reproduction allows organisms to multiply rapidly without finding a mate.